As we enter the Advent season, I am growing increasingly aware that believers around the world are returning to traditions of old and rekindling their engagement with the liturgies of long ago. I think there is something comforting and reassuring in these disciplines and rituals. For some, perhaps they reek too much of organized religion.Continue reading “An Advent Evening Prayer | Help Us Endure, O Lord”
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Gratitude. It’s easy isn’t it? [A Guest Post from Andy B]
As part of the 2022 Gratitude Challenge, we are focusing on the abundant blessings we are thankful for in our lives. In Ephesians, the Apostle Paul points out that we can thank the Lord because He has already blessed us with “every spiritual blessing.” Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,Continue reading “Gratitude. It’s easy isn’t it? [A Guest Post from Andy B]”
Preparing to Teach a Bible Study
Next Sunday morning, I will begin teaching a fortnightly Bible Study at a church in South Dallas. The City of Hope is a small, but growing congregation, serving the South Oak Cliff neighborhood. Preparing to teach a Bible Study shares some commonalities with preparing a sermon, however a Bible Study is not a sermon. InContinue reading “Preparing to Teach a Bible Study”
